Wei Fu asked him, "When did your first two sons start following you to kill people?"
"My eldest son was ten years old, and my second son was thirteen years old." He discovered his cruelty when his eldest son was young. Every time he caught a bug, he would not kill it directly. Instead, he liked to kill it slowly and would use a small stick or a small dagger to cut the bug's body bit by bit.
But the second son was much more timid and liked reading. He originally wanted to train his second son to take the imperial examination, but he really had no talent for reading.
The onlookers felt a chill in their hearts when they saw that he said these things with a calm face, as if he was telling a story, without feeling that he had done anything wrong and with no intention of repenting.
Some families whose members were missing asked whether their family members had been killed by them, but the male shopkeeper and his men had killed so many people that they only remembered those who left a deep impression on them. They could not remember the ones who did not leave a deep impression on them at all.
This made the people even more excited.
Someone shouted, "Princess, you must chop off their heads!"
"This kind of person is so despicable, he is an evil ghost!"
Wei Fu waited for everyone to shout for a while, venting his emotions, and then he raised his hand calmly and said with a serious face, "Don't worry, they will definitely punish you severely according to the law."
Someone stared at the male boss with red eyes and said angrily, "Princess, you can't let his son go. If you let his son go, who will pay for our child's life?"
The male boss, who had been numb, calm, and resigned to his fate, showed some emotion when he heard the man's words. He looked at Wei Fu and said, "Princess, you must keep your word. Otherwise, even if I become a ghost, I will not let you go!"
The city had just experienced an incident of evil spirits haunting it a few days ago, and everyone shut up after hearing the male boss's threats.
Wei Fu said, "Don't worry, I said I would release your son, and I will release him."
"I will also send him to a safe place and keep his background secret so that he won't be retaliated against."
Seeing that Wei Fu did not seem to be lying, the male boss believed what Wei Fu said.
Sincerely kowtowed to Wei Fu: "Thank you, Princess."
Wei Fu looked at the people and sighed, "I know you all hate their family. They've always profited from the blood of others. Although his youngest son didn't kill anyone, he's not strictly innocent."
"I'm not in a position to advise you to forgive others when you can, because I wasn't the one who lost my family, so I can't empathize with them."
"I know you're angry and aggrieved. But for those who have died, even if we killed their entire family, they can never come back. But those who are still alive can't remain immersed in grief. We must look forward."
"As compensation, all the property confiscated from their families will be used to provide relief to those whose families have lost members."
An old lady suddenly spoke up: "Princess, what if some children were simply lost? Wouldn't they have been killed by them?"
"If we give the money to those families, wouldn't we, who are certain that our family members were killed by them, be at a huge loss?"
But just as she finished speaking, before Wei Fu could say anything, his son shouted angrily: "Mom, how can you say such a thing? What do you mean by a big loss?"
"If we can get Xiao Cui back, we can live on coarse food in the future."
The person who spoke was the old lady next door.
The old lady has a mean face.
"Everyone is sad enough after losing their families. Your Highness is only doing this to alleviate some of their pain and provide comfort. How can you think of making a fortune from this?"
The old lady hit her son and scolded him, "You are the only one who thinks like that. This person is dead, and the living must naturally seek their fortune."
She casually pointed around and said, "Go ask how many people have the same idea as you."
The man looked around following his mother's finger, and many people began to avoid looking at him.
Yes, they lost loved ones and it was painful.
but……
I have money!
If you have money, it seems that life is not so painful.
Moreover, they had the same idea as the old lady just now, but they just didn't say it directly.
Wei Fu looked around and said, "Old lady, if you're saying that, how can we prove that the other child was simply lost and not murdered?"
"We officials don't have this ability, could it be that you, old lady, have this ability?"
"Besides, your family is also running a business. Sometimes, there are some fortunes that should not be coveted. You still have to continue living in Liaocheng."
"Just distribute it as I just said."
She didn't want to argue with these people anymore. Although she knew what everyone was thinking, she still felt uncomfortable when someone really did this.
Wei Fu was actually very conflicted. She copied the money from the bun shop and distributed it to everyone in order to make them feel better. But when she found out that everyone really didn't care about the life and death of their families after taking the money, she felt uncomfortable again.
As Long Yin looked at the ever-changing human nature, he felt more and more confused.
No wonder my father and sisters said we should stay away from humans, as we cannot control them.
"Come here, take them back to the yamen!" Wei Fu ordered.
The officers escorted the people from the bun shop to the yamen.
Only the man who reported the crime next door rushed up and said, "Princess, please help me find out where he threw my daughter's body."
The male owner of the bun shop said without waiting for Wei Fu to ask, "I have buried all the remains of everyone in Xiaoyangpo outside the city. The one at the bottom should be your daughter's."
Upon hearing this, the man immediately turned around and went back to ask his family to go to Xiaoyangpo to look for the bones.
Long Yin sighed. If it were in other technologically advanced small worlds, the identity of the victim could be confirmed through the bones, but in this world, it was impossible to do so.
Wei Fu and the soldiers escorted the people from the bun shop back to the yamen, but on the way they saw Su Rui being besieged by some men in black.
Su Rui's boxing and kicking skills were only mediocre, and he was quickly defeated. Just when Wei Fu was about to go up to help, a young man in white clothes holding a long sword fell from the sky.
He was very skilled in martial arts and quickly drove away the assassins.
Su Rui had been cooped up in the mansion for a few days and felt too bored. Today, she took advantage of the good weather to go out for a walk, and then she was attacked. She thought she was going to die here, but she was rescued.
She was still in shock as she looked at the handsome man in front of her, who was full of the aura of a chivalrous warrior. Slowly she calmed down and said with a bow, "Thank you for saving me, sir."
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